"The truth of religion comes from its symbolic rendering of man's moral experience; it proceeds intuitively and imaginatively. Its falsehood comes from its attempt to substitute itself for science and to pretend that its poetic statements are information about reality."

-- Eugene Genovese

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“Spiral minds are harder to twist.”

Source : Kris Saknussemm (2005). “Zanesville: A Novel”, p.40, Villard
“Oh! where does faithful Gélert roam, The flow'r of all his race? So true, so brave; a lamb at home, A lion in the chase.”
“And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.”
“The non-artists among us are always terribly busy, but finally disappear without a trace.”
“My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery. I was all of 16 when I had my first guitar lesson with Joe. But I never focused on being a bebop player. I loved the harmony, rhythm and phrasing, but I wanted to apply them to my own concept and sound.”
“All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.”
“The purer the golden vessel, the more readily is it bent; the higher worth of woman is sooner lost than that of man.”
“The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair: 'tis hope that rises to the surface. It is a sinner whose heart he moves. It is a saint who returns him thanks.”

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